History, Filmy Filmy Style | Book Review
What happens when a renowned historian narrates history as told by feature films? Utter hilarity, if the historian happens to be Alex von Tunzelmann.
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The Photo That Taught Me a Life Lesson
A lecture by a Swami seemed anything but enticing. I was in my late twenties, and swamijis and their involvement with meditation and isolation were not among the interests on my radar. I decided to sit it out.
Range: Specialisation is Good, But Variety Works Just as Well!
Ask someone what is the secret of success and the chances are that you will be told that one has to be extremely focused on one’s target, and that one should work very hard to be super good in one’s field of specialisation.
A Graphic Tapestry of Departure and Arrival, Despair and Hope!
It started as a weekly, non-fiction, comic strip in the New York Times and went on to win the prestigious Pulitzer award for editorial cartooning in 2018. It was then compiled into a book called Welcome to the New World.
Countdown 1945: A Thrilling Countdown to Hiroshima and Nagasaki
There are a number of books out there on the use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. More are military histories, some are cautionary essays and yet others deal with the process behind the making of the nuclear bombs. Chris Wallace has tried to blend all these approaches together in Countdown 1945.
The Three Musketeers: A Classic That For Those Who Like Entertainment, Entertainment and Entertainment!
For most people, classic literature covers books that are very well written, reflect the times they were written in, that make one think and realise truths of life, have in-depth character sketches…well, in short, are excellent and should be read, but which are not exactly…entertaining.
El Clasico: A Brilliant Book About a Bitter Rivalry
Sport is packed with rivalries and perhaps there is no rivalry as fierce as the one they call ‘El Clasico.’
The Martian Returns…Sort Of!
Andy Weir has returned to the “one man lost in space” formula with his new book, Project Hail Mary.
History as You Have Never Read It!
Mention the word “history” and it is a fair chance that the first image that will come to your mind will be that of a hefty book, that in most cases than not, is not the easiest to read.
Happy Birthday, Mr. Doyle: 7 Facts You Might Not Know About the Creator of Sherlock Holmes
May 22 marks the birth anniversary of perhaps the greatest crime fiction writers of all time. Or well, definitely the creator of the most famous detective in literature. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the man who created Sherlock Holmes was born on this day in 1859.